# PhotoCraft

PhotoCraft is a native, open-source image editor and clean-room reimplementation of Photoshop, written entirely in Rust.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/6877/photocraft

## Description

PhotoCraft is a native, open-source image editor and clean-room reimplementation of Photoshop, written entirely in Rust. It supports layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, text, vectors, and brushes, and can open, edit, and save layered PSD files. A GPU compositor on wgpu (Metal, Vulkan, DX12, WebGPU) with copy-on-write tiles and multithreaded filters keeps it fast without Electron or web views. It is offline, familiar to Photoshop users, and agent-ready: every action is exposed as a command drivable from the UI, CLI, a JSON control channel, or an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server.

## Platform availability

Available on 3 of 9 platforms: Mac, Windows, Linux.

## Desktop and other devices

Mac, Windows, Linux, Other (freebsd,cli,web).

## Health score

81/100 (Excellent), based on 4 of 5 factors.
- Maintained: 77 (last commit 0 days ago)
- Popular: 93 (43,826 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 55 (4 install platforms, install notes)
- Security check: 100 (no serious findings, CI, tests)

## Links

- Official website: https://getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft
- GitHub: https://github.com/storytold/photocraft
- desktop: https://getartcraft.com/download

## Common questions

### How can I self-host the browser version of PhotoCraft?

Use Docker to host the browser build. The repository points to Docker web hosting documentation for setup.

### Where can I find fixes for startup, display, file, and automation errors?

A troubleshooting page provides searchable fixes for known error messages and bugs on macOS, Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.

### Where can I find unofficial guides for installation and interface setup?

Unofficial guides cover installing PhotoCraft on each platform, changing the interface language, keyboard shortcuts, and fixing common problems.

### Which CLI or web builds are available for download?

The official download page provides CLI and web builds in addition to macOS, Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD installers.

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